# 天 — Heaven

Frequency rank 258 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 計 (Measure), less common than 約 (Promise).

- On’yomi: てん
- Kun’yomi: あま、あめ
- Radical: 大 Big (Kangxi 37)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The drunk throws his arms wide in the doorway and a flat stone lid slams down along the top of him, pinning both arms to the lintel.

In words:

- 天気 てんき — weather
- 天 あまつ — heavenly;imperial
- 天候 てんこう — weather

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